British banking analyst jailed in Saudi Arabia for 10 years over 'unknown tweet'

Source: Associated Press

British banking analyst jailed in Saudi Arabia for 10 years over ‘unknown tweet’

By GABE LEVIN
Updated 7:45 AM EDT, May 14, 2025

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A British Bank of America analyst has been sentenced to a decade in a Saudi Arabian prison apparently over a since-deleted social media post, according to his lawyer.

The family of Ahmed al-Doush, 41, believes the charges against him stemmed from a deleted 2018 tweet about Sudan that did not mention Saudi Arabia and his relationship with the son of a Saudi critic in exile, Amnesty International said in a statement Tuesday.

The father-of-four was sentenced Monday after being accused of violating terrorism and anti-cyber crime laws.

“The exact tweet is unknown,” Haydee Dijkstal, al-Doush’s international counsel, posted Tuesday on X. “His trial and detention involved fair trial and due process violations.” The lawyer said the U.K. government “should stand firmly against a British national’s imprisonment for allegedly exercising his free speech rights.”

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